Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Dec 02, 2003

LOT 170

Bautte & Moynier, Geneva, No. 37159, circa 1825.Fine, quarter repeating, hunting-cased, 18K gold and enamel watch.

C. four-body, "Empire", entirely decorated with floral and foliate pattern with champlevé black enamel, goldhinged cuvette. D. silver, with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, engine-turned center. Blued steel"Breguet" hands. M. frosted gilt Lépine caliber, standing barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balancewith flat balance-spring, hammers striking on rectangular gongs activated by a plunge in the bow stem.Cuvette signed. Diam. 51 mm.